The proposed pitch will be located in Derwent Park in Forest Glade. The city is investing $100,000 toward a design for the project, which will also include upgrades to multi-use trails in the park, located near Forest Glade Drive and the E.C. Row Expressway. Anwar Shahid, the president of the Windsor-Essex Cricket League, says there’s […]
There is great excitement among the six franchises as they prepare for the much anticipated resumption of the West Indies Championship. The marquee regional four-day tournament will re-start on Wednesday, May 18 with the third round. The first two rounds were played in February ahead of the Apex Test Series. Barbados Pride stand at the […]
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed the appointment of Nicholas Pooran as the West Indies Men’s One Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) captain, following the international retirement of Kieron Pollard. Pooran will take over the captaincy for the West Indies ODI and T20I teams after being Pollard’s deputy over the last year. The […]
The West Indies batting great Brian Lara turned a year older today, May 2nd. Lara is counted among the greatest batsmen in world cricket. He is also Windies’ leading run-getter in the Test. Lara amassed 11,953 runs in the longest format of the game in 131 Tests with the help of 34 hundred, nine double […]
A surfeit of bad news such as is caused by crime, war, natural disasters, economic fallout, etc, can kill the spirit. For many people sport provides that precious escape window which helps to maintain equilibrium, even sanity. The ‘lift’ for Jamaicans triggered by the achievements of our track and field stars at major global […]
Highlights of tournament for WI captain were the wins over New Zealand and England in the league stage “You’ll be seeing us around,” Stafanie Taylor, the West Indies captain, said after an emphatic 157-run defeat at the hands of title favourites Australia knocked her side out of a World Cup tournament regarded as a resounding […]
Josh Da Silva maiden test century and Kyle Mayers 5 for 18 star The stadium DJ was playing London Bridge is Falling Down as the last rites of England’s Caribbean humiliation were being administered by West Indies’ openers, Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell. 4.5 overs were all they needed to pick off the 28 runs […]
Scorecard: West Indies Women 140 for 9 (Campbelle 53*, Salma 2-23, Akter 2-23) beat Bangladesh Women 136 all out (Nigar Sultana 25, Hoque 23, Salma 23, Matthews 4-15, Fletcher 3-29, Taylor 3-29) by four runs This is officially the World Cup of thrillers. In the latest instalment, Bangladesh came within touching distance of a famous […]
Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood score centuries Kraigg Brathwaite thwarted England’s bid for victory with another resolute batting display as the second Test ended in a draw in Barbados. Brathwaite added an unbeaten 56 to his marathon first-innings 160 as West Indies ended up 136 for 5 in their second innings on a final day which […]
The unflappable Nkrumah Bonner once again proved his weight in gold, combining with all-rounder Jason Holder to nullify England’s attack and secure West Indies a draw on a compelling final day of the opening Test in Antigua on Saturday. Arriving at the crease half-hour before tea when West Indies lost both openers in successive overs […]
